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It’s official: Utah’s new flag takes its place

The newest Utah flag has been popping up across the state; it’s already on pins sold online, waved at the Utah State Capitol and decorated welcome signs at the Salt Lake City International Airport. However, it hasn’t actually been an official state symbol, until now. The new banner was ...

New West Haven elementary school gets name, mascot

WEST HAVEN — A new elementary school that is being constructed in Weber County has officially received its name and mascot. The Weber School District Board of Education was presented with several options from a naming committee for the school, located at approximately 5000 W. 3300 South in ...

McKay-Dee Hospital unveils expanded cancer care center

OGDEN — Patients and medical personnel on Thursday rang a ceremonial bell to usher in a new era of expanded cancer treatment at Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital. The new state-of-the-art cancer center, which is the largest renovation project at the hospital since opening at its current ...

Is ICE ‘shipping’ migrants to Utah? Lawmakers say yes, ICE says no

In December, Utah Transit Authority officers responded to a family of six sleeping outside of a bus station in Salt Lake City. Originally from Venezuela, the family communicated to officers through Google Translate, telling them they came from Denver on a Greyhound bus “and did not have ...

How the Utah Legislature handled the Great Salt Lake in 2024

Editor’s note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it ...

Weber State alum named Utah’s new state parks director

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Division of State Parks officially has a new director. Bountiful native and Weber State University alumnus Scott Strong, who spent the previous six years as Utah State Parks’ deputy director of business management and eight years as the division’s financial ...

Caucus ‘fiasco’: Registration issues frustrate Utah GOP voters

The Utah Republican Party rolled out a new caucus registration system for the 2024 primary — in several locations the system proved to be confusing and burdensome for voters, including Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights where a palpably frustrated crowd turned out on Tuesday ...